The New Politics of the NHS has become established over a quarter century & five editions as the key overview of the NHS & its processes & paths of influence. This latest edition remains a clear easy-to-read guide to often complex debates. It encompasses both the background of the evolution of the NHS since its foundation & a completely up-to-date picture of its present & future in a more pluralistic
- & possibly more financially austere
- era in which deference to medical expertise is eroding & information on health & care is far more widely available. Assuming no prior knowledge of NHS politics & systems The New Politics of the NHS focuses on management structure centralisation funding economic performance challenges current party political debates interest groups & rationing & also on the NHSs institutional & cultural continuity as a tax-funded service providing comprehensive universal healthcare free at the point of delivery. It is a vital update for all healthcare professionals NHS managers policy makers & shapers & those in special interest groups including patient advocacy organisations. From reviews of previous editions: A valuable insight into the discussions & decisions that determine such an important aspect of our daily life. CANCER CARE NEWS

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With this expert guide & user-friendly software stop-motion animation has never been easier. Kids can wow their friends with ultra-clever animated videos & even share them on the web. The guide

Includes:: animation software 1 blob of plasticine clay extras including googly eyes & links to Klutz created sample videos.

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Do you: * Frequently panic in the wine aisle & end up reaching for the same old thing. Every. Single. Time? * Simply pick the bottle with the nicest-looking label? * Automatically pick the second-cheapest wine on the wine list? * Feel it may be time to extend your wine horizons beyond Pinot Grigio? If this is you then you need to join the Knackered Mother's Wine Club. Come & explore the wonderful world of wine. From throwing a children's party (because adults need something fizzy too) planning a wedding or matching wine with food this book will help you make the right wine choice every single time. Go beyond the discount deals & discover the can't-go-wrong crowd-pleasers perfect reds to go with your Sunday roast the best wine to drink with chocolate plus some unexpected suggestions for your next girls' night in. This is the one wine guide that every woman should own. Because life's too short to drink bad wine. ...

Theres big trouble in little Brentford. Property developers are planning to destroy the boroughs beloved football ground & build executive homes on the site. Shock! Outrage! Horror! The lads of The Flying Swan Brentfords most celebrated drinking house take up the challenge. Surely with these stalwarts working for the cause Brentfords football ground can be saved? Would it were so but this is Brentford & ancient forces of evil are forever stirring in the borough: Old Testament terrors Lovecraftian loathsomes & beasties from the bottomless pit. & if the team make it through to the final its going to be a match that no one will forget. What with the fate of mankind hanging upon the result. & everything. ...

Once upon a time a fairy is born. She lives in an old oak tree at the bottom of a garden with the rest of the fairy folk. Never has she known a time when life hasnt been hard with many dangers & much adversity. But when she becomes the Hunter of the group & learns to do battle in the outside world her adventures really take off... Dont read this book if youre expecting fairy dust
- the last thing Knife is likely to wield is a magic w&...
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This will be the fifth in the Blackwood Royal Marines" series. The setting is fifties Malaya & Singapore at the height of the new terrorist attempts to subvert the creation of the new federation. The Royal Marines the Commandoes were used in coastal & jungle operations at a time when it was said that the post-war promise of a stable & successful Malaya was on a knife-edge. There will be two Blackwoods in this story
- a senior officer & a ranker!"
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This title is the winner of the Medical Journalists Open Book Award 2005. Revered & feared in equal measure John Hunter was the most famous surgeon of eighteenth-century London. Rich or poor aristocrat or human freak suffering Georgians knew that Hunters skills might well save their lives but if he failed their corpses could end up on his dissecting table their bones & organs destined for display in his remarkable macabre museum. Maverick medical pioneer adored teacher brilliant naturalist Hunter was a key figure of the Enlightenment who transformed surgery advanced biological understanding & even anticipated the evolutionary theories of Darwin. He provided inspiration both for Dr Jekyll & Dr Dolittle. But the extremes to which he went to pursue his scientific mission raised question marks then as now. John Hunters extraordinary world comes to life in this remarkable award-winning biography written by a wonderful new talent. ...

As the very fabric of reality wears thin all portents indicate that Tarmon Gai'don the Last Battle is imminent
- & Rand al' Thor
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This is an unflinching novel about the impossible choices of growing up by an award-winning writer. Imagine you're the only boy in a town of men. & you can hear everything they think. & they can hear everything you think. Imagine you don't fit in with their plans... Todd Hewitt is just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man. But his town has been keeping secrets from him. Secrets that are going to force him to run... ...

Perfect your knife skills with the help of Michelin-starred chefs. Chopping slicing dicing carving filleting & boning
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